Mining Incidents

Elliot Finley controller

MSHA controller ID: C15691

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2008–2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
381
citations
94
significant & substantial
$587,847
proposed penalties
$298,643
paid to date
51% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $289,204 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
79
inspections on record
2,505
inspection hours
15.2
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
381 citations across 2,505 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$588K
proposed penalties
$347K
current assessed
$299K
paid to date
$48K
outstanding
374 assessments are final orders; 18 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-04-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2009
7
2008
5

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

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